[CQ-Contest] No apology needed!

[Randy Thompson K5ZD]

If you want to complain about something, be direct enough to give examples
and name names.  Otherwise, it is easy to misunderstand the point of your
email.

Randy K5ZD

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
> Mike Smith VE9AA
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2016 8:53 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] No apology needed!
> 
> If you (or anyone) was referring to my post about category shopping and
> 3830, true,  nobody is required to post to 3830 - I agree.  I use it,. I
> love it.  I wish everyone would use it.  I enjoy the post-contest stories
> almost as much as the contest itself.; but I digress.
> 
> 
> 
> You've misinterpreted my post however.
> 
> 
> 
> What I said (or meant to say anyways) is that a select few top contenders
> USE 3830 as a tool to view what others have done, THEN choose a category
> for themselves based on others performances.
> 
> I also said these folks usually upload their logs to the contesting body
> like ARRL, CQ, WAE etc at the very last moment. <<<all very
> "legal".immoral?
> In my mind, yes.
> 
> 
> 
> If you are paying close attention (and there's no need for 98% of you to
> do
> that) you'll see every once in a blue moon, one of these so called top
> dogs gets a "too bad, late log, reclassed as checklog", which I can only
> presume to mean they tried to snipe their log at the last possible moment
> by watching others upload their logs and 3830 reports and missed the
> deadline by mere seconds or milliseconds.
> 
> 
> 
> My point in all this is nobody should get to choose their category DAYS
> or weeks after a contest is run.
> 
> 
> 
> Also, nobody should be able to choose LP when they were HP  all weekend,
> yet got trounced in HP, so they choose LP 'cuz their score looks better
> there.
> 
> 
> 
> It happens. (a very little bit) . This might be what Helmut was referring
> to.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> White elephant.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike VE9AA
> 
> 
> 
> "I think Helmut owes Art an apology."
> 
> 
> 
> No, I did not take it personally.  (I doubt that anybody cares if I hold
> 
> back my little log.)
> 
> 
> 
> I don't know what Helmut had in mind, but I see some discussion here
> about
> 
> category-hopping to enhance place-of-finish or WRTC standing.  If the
> 
> arguments are about something like that, then the arguers and I differ on
> 
> the importance and significance of contesting.
> 
> 
> 
> As I posted on Nov. 23, 1999:
> 
> 
> 
> "There may be few things more fun than ham radio, but for sure there are
> a
> 
> lot of things more important."
> 
> 
> 
> Getting ready for SS CW.  I'll be QRV about 2345Z Saturday evening.
> 
> 
> 
> 73, Art K3KU
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Mike, Coreen & Corey
> 
> Keswick Ridge, NB
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> CQ-Contest mailing list
> CQ-Contest at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/cq-contest